Richard Burgon

Richard Burgon (19 September 1980-) was the Labour Party MP for Leeds East from 8 May 2015 to 6 November 2019, succeeding George Mudie.

Biography
Richard Burgon was born in Leeds, England in 1980, and he became a solicitor in 2006 and became active in Labour Party politics. He was a staunch democratic socialist, and he served as MP for Leeds East from 2015 to 2019. Amid the 2019 general election, Burgon blamed Labour's defeat on Brexit and the conservative media while defending Jeremy Corbyn.